Diamond Vogel Black Paint Colors
all 5, sorted honestly

All five colors cluster between LRV 4 and LRV 6, a tighter spread than you'll find in most brands' black families. Grantsburg Gray at LRV 4 is the darkest of the group, while Black Licorice, Eleanor Ann, and Macon Spruce all sit at LRV 6, the lightest point in this deck.

That narrow range means none of these read as a true, near-zero-LRV black — they're all genuinely dark charcoals rather than the deepest possible black a paint store can mix. If you need something darker, ask for a custom deep-base black at the counter rather than assuming one of these five will get there.

Silent Sea and Grantsburg Gray are the closest to neutral in the group, both leaning very slightly cool with a hint of blue rather than any obvious warmth. Black Licorice sits almost exactly neutral as well, with the faintest cool-green cast.

Eleanor Ann is the outlier — a warm, plum-mauve black that stands apart from the other four's cooler leanings. Macon Spruce, true to its name, carries a visible green undertone, making it the pick if you want a black that reads organic rather than stark.

Diamond Vogel keeps a tight, five-color black family: Silent Sea (0515, LRV 5), Black Licorice (0529, LRV 6), Eleanor Ann (1229, LRV 6), Macon Spruce (H098, LRV 6), and Grantsburg Gray (H101, LRV 4). That's a small pool next to a national brand's dozen-plus near-blacks, which fits Diamond Vogel's identity as a century-old, family-owned Iowa manufacturer built around a curated architectural deck rather than an exhaustive one.

Each of the five reads distinctly once you look past the shared "black" label — this isn't five versions of the same shade with different names, it's five genuinely different undertones packed into a narrow LRV band.

Diamond Vogel serves both homeowners and contractors through its service-center model, and this black family shows up in both interior accents — trim, doors, a kitchen island — and exterior work like shutters, railings, and entry doors where a durable dark color needs to hold up outdoors.

Macon Spruce's green cast suits exteriors with a lot of surrounding greenery, while the more neutral Silent Sea and Grantsburg Gray work as safer, do-anything picks for trim or cabinetry where you don't want the undertone competing with other finishes in the room.

Diamond Vogel doesn't sell through big-box retailers or a direct-to-consumer website the way Behr or Clare do — it's distributed through its own service centers, mostly across the Midwest, where staff mix to order. That makes it a regional pick rather than a nationwide one.

Outside Diamond Vogel's service-center footprint, any of these five colors can still be color-matched at another paint store using the hex code and LRV, since the shade itself isn't exclusive to a Diamond Vogel can.